503 - The 4 Kinds of Work: Housework, Invisible, Hobby & Unique Purpose

<p>There are four types of work that we all do at home. In this episode, I go through these four types of work in detail and discuss how to reduce the amount of time spent on the first three so you can do more unique purpose work.</p> <h1>Housework</h1> <p>We've talked a lot over the last couple of years about housework. As a part of our <a href= "https://organize365.com/research">Organize 365® Research</a>, I have honed in on and defined this type of work. <strong>There are three main types of housework: cleaning, tasks of daily living, and organization.</strong> You must clean your home to some standard you set, do all the tasks that make you a human, like showering and brushing your teeth, plus the things in your house must have a home. Housework is like a part-time job of 18-25 hours each week for the average household without children!</p> <p>Listen to these episodes for more about how I define housework:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/defining-housework-cleaning">#422 - Defining Housework Part 1 - Cleaning</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/defining-housework-tasks-of-daily-living"> #424 - Defining Housework Part 2 - Tasks of Daily Living</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/defining-housework-organization">#426 - Defining Housework Part 3 - Organization</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/defining-housework-maintenance">#428 - Defining Housework Part 4 - Maintenance</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/the-process-of-equitably-dividing-housework"> #495 - The Process of Equitably Dividing Housework</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/housework-the-hot-mess-theory-part-1-with-jacqui-ioli"> #497 - Housework: The Hot Mess Theory Part 1 with Jacqui Ioli</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/housework-the-hot-mess-theory-part-2-with-jacqui-ioli"> #498 - Housework: The Hot Mess Theory Part 2 with Jacqui Ioli</a></li> <li><a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/effort-the-80-20-o